Chapter 97: Become King

"Take him in for investigation!" the emperor shouted angrily upon hearing this.

How could he not understand what was said? In addition, he had already been partial to the Third Prince and the Imperial Concubine at the last palace banquet. It had only been a short time, and something like this happened again. He was extremely disappointed with the Third Prince.

After a while, the third prince's guards were brought out.

"Your Majesty, this man does have a black mole on his body, and it is on the left side." The officer in charge of the inspection reported loudly.

In an instant, there were gasps all around, and countless eyes were cast in the direction of the Third Prince. They all thought: This guard is the Third Prince's man. Who would believe it if he said that this matter has nothing to do with the Third Prince?

The emperor was furious when he heard this, and he shouted at the Third Prince, "Old Third, do you have anything else to explain?"

Upon hearing this, the Third Prince knelt on the ground and said in a trembling voice, "Father, there must be more than one person with a mole on his chest in this world. It is really unfair to conclude that it is my guard based on this point! Moreover, doesn't the woman have the Eighth Brother's jade pendant? My guard has never had such a thing. He has always been by my side and has never been to the Eighth Brother's fiefdom! This is just a coincidence. Please investigate clearly, Father. I am wronged! This has nothing to do with me."

The Third Prince's guard also knelt on the ground and explained fearfully, "Your Majesty, I am innocent! I was outside and was not sneaking around at all. They brought me in by force!"

However, no one believed his words. You already have a mole on your chest. At this moment, everyone only focused on the evidence on him, and no one cared how he was caught.

"There may be a few people in this world with black moles on their chests, but those with a body shape similar to the eighth prince are probably rare." Pei Jingchuan said coldly at this time.

Everyone's eyes returned to the guard again, and they saw that his height, weight and figure were indeed very similar to the Eighth Prince, even his facial shape was 80% similar.

At this moment, the woman who was kneeling on the ground and accusing the Eighth Prince couldn't help but look at the guard. She began to wonder if someone really had pretended to be the Eighth Prince and insulted her. After all, she really remembered correctly that the man had a big black mole on the left side of his chest, but the Eighth Prince now had no mole on his chest.

The woman didn't know there was such a thing as a human skin mask. If this really existed, then... Suddenly, she was a little confused and couldn't help but look at the guard.

The guard's body stiffened involuntarily, a nervous expression appeared on his face, his lips slightly parted, not knowing how to explain himself.

"Just because it's hard to find doesn't mean it doesn't exist! Today, we can only prove that Eighth Brother is innocent, but we don't know whether it was my guard or not. Father, this matter needs to be investigated further. I believe we can find someone who meets this condition better than my guard. Or we can continue to find evidence that it was my guard who did these things, otherwise this would be an injustice! In order to clear my innocence, I am willing to put my guard in jail first and wait for the truth to be revealed!" The Third Prince knelt on the ground, looked at the emperor with a firm gaze and said.

Anyway, the victim saw the guard wearing the Eighth Prince's human skin mask, and did not see his real face. Even if the body shape and the big black mole matched, it could not completely convict his own people. As long as he could be given time to search, he still had a chance to erase the evidence.

Pei Jingchuan naturally considered the factors that the Third Prince had taken into consideration. Indeed, the world was so big that even if the Third Prince's guards were highly suspicious, they could not be convicted completely without 100% evidence.

Moreover, it is not difficult to find a man with similar conditions to this guard as long as you spend time. Perhaps there is another way, which is to wait for the victim's child to be born to determine who the biological father is, but this will take at least five months. With such a long time, it is difficult for the woman to guarantee that there will be no accidents.

Besides, the Third Prince has been operating for so many years, and his foundation is very strong. Even if it is finally found out that this guard was responsible, he will find a way to deny his knowledge.

No matter how angry the emperor was, at most he would punish the third prince as he did last time, because there were still many court officials supporting him. Rather than wasting time investigating, it would be better to let go and let the third prince's actions accumulate in the emperor's heart. Without punishment, there would be no venting. When the disappointment accumulated, it would be even more violent when it finally exploded.

Today, their most important task is to help the Eighth Prince clear his suspicion. He believes that if the matter is left at this point, it will make the Emperor feel even more distressed about the Eighth Prince.

Then, Pei Jingchuan glanced at the Eighth Prince, and the Eighth Prince immediately understood what he meant.

The Eighth Prince looked at the Emperor with sincerity and said, "Father, since I have been cleared of suspicion, let's just leave it at that. There are so many people here, the person behind this must have already fled. This time, it was because I was not careful enough and lost the jade pendant, which gave the villain the opportunity to frame me. I will definitely remember this lesson and be careful in the future. I also believe that my third brother will not harm me. There must be some misunderstanding. My third brother and I are brothers, and I don't want to ruin the relationship between us."

Upon hearing this, the emperor's heart softened immediately, and he looked at the Eighth Prince with a hint of guilt.

His son, who had suffered so much, was still so sensible, especially after knowing that the Third Prince might have harmed him twice, he was still so generous and said that he didn't want to kill his brothers. This really made him feel guilty and moved. At the same time, he was increasingly dissatisfied with the Third Prince's performance, thinking that it was because he had favored him and the imperial concubine too much over the years that their ambition and arrogance were fostered.

So, after a moment of silence, the emperor said, "Old Eighth, you've been wronged this time! It's rare that you grew up in a fiefdom and still have such an upright character. Come! Pass on my order to confer the title of Prince of Qin on the Eighth Prince, grant him the former Prince of Qi's mansion as his residence, and grant him a thousand acres of good farmland, a hundred shops, ten thousand taels of gold, and a thousand rolls of silk!"

As soon as the emperor finished speaking, everyone in the room was shocked. You know, the Eighth Prince was the first prince to be crowned a king, except for the Crown Prince! Even the Third Prince and the Sixth Prince, who grew up by the Emperor's side and were loved by him, and whose mothers were from powerful families, were not crowned as kings because the Emperor was still young and did not want to foster their ambitions too early.

Now, no one would have thought that the Eighth Prince, who had always been unpopular, would be the first among all the princes to be crowned king!

The Third Prince bit his lips in anger when he heard this, and the jealousy in his eyes could not be hidden. This time, he actually made wedding clothes for the Eighth Prince for nothing!

At the same time, the Eighth Prince's heart was also in turmoil. He had not expected that he would unexpectedly receive such a great reward today.

However, he still had to remain calm on the surface, without revealing an ecstatic expression. He just knelt on the ground with great gratitude and said: "Thank you, father, for the reward! May you live forever!"